Moja Mission Inc

Nonprofit profile at a glance

EIN
461023635
IRS 990-EZ coverage
2014–2015
Forms available
Form 990-EZ 2015, Form 990-N 2013
Location
Houston, TX, USA
Rating
95
Verdict
STRONG
Rating confidence
Moderate
Sector
Christianity
Affiliation
Christianity

Reported finances

Revenue
$169,647
Expenses
$183,151
Assets
$26,678

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Amounts in USD.

Leadership & pay

7 people listed

People named in this filing

  • MEG RICE (DIRECTOR)
  • CHRIS HAIREL (DIRECTOR)
  • EILEEN HAIRELL (SECRETARY)

Selected names, not a complete roster or a statement of current roles. Open leadership details for the complete filed list.

Source: IRS Form 990-EZ. Selected filing: tax year 2015. Names and roles reflect this filing, not necessarily current officeholders.

Overview

Mission

We exist to further church, school and para-church ministry to adolescents globally. Our founder david russell has been ministering to students for 15 years, along with his wife janet russell, chiefly in the united states with 5 visits to sub-saharan africa to minister to youth there. Moja mission will start work in dar es salaam, tanzania in the first quarter of 2013, and spend the first three years developing a model of church, school and para-church collaborative ministry. The purpose of this is to more effectively minister to the whole needs of youth. To accomplish this we will offer chaplaincy services to haven of peace academy (www.hopac.net) in dar es salaam and train anglican church priests and young life missionaries to minister more effectively to adolescents by working smarter and together. One hundred percent of our work time will be committed to the purpose of the organization. We will be funded by private donors, churches and foundations.

Operating model

Revenue model
Donor-supported. 100% of the money available for current operations came from contributions and gifts.
Distribution model
Direct operator. The filing allocates 100% of reported program-service expenses outside its grant, affiliate-payment, and member-benefit lines. This expense classification does not rule out separately announced grant awards.

The verdict

STRONG - A large share of available resources goes toward mission work and the filed numbers largely add up. Expenses are high relative to revenue and total assets are small relative to annual expenses; liquid coverage is unknown.

Rating breakdown

  • Financial Efficiency: 100
  • Transparency & Controls: 100
  • Sustainability: 20
  • Growth: 80

Detailed rating inputs

Financial Efficiency

  • Mission deployment rate: 100%; rating input score 100
  • Program expense ratio: 98.9%; rating input score 99

Transparency & Controls

  • Consistency checks: 100%; rating input score 100; 51st percentile among comparable filings
  • Major donor itemization: Yes; rating input score 100

Sustainability

  • Operating margin: -8%; rating input score 16; 16th percentile among comparable filings
  • Total-asset coverage ratio: 0.15; rating input score 15; 15th percentile among comparable filings
  • Liabilities to assets ratio: Limited
  • Officer compensation ratio: 0%; rating input score 65; 65th percentile among comparable filings

Growth

  • Program expense growth: 50.2% per year; rating input score 100; 92nd percentile among comparable filings
  • Revenue growth: 11.2% per year; rating input score 100; 69th percentile among comparable filings
  • Asset growth: -40.4% per year; rating input score 0; 4th percentile among comparable filings

Details

  • Where the money goes: 100% of revenue deployed · 98.9% of spending went to programs
  • Governance: Filed governance answers
  • Accomplishments: 1 filed program accomplishment · $181K in reported program spending
  • Leadership: top reported pay $0 · 7 people listed
  • Consistency: 6 of 6 current checks pass
  • Schedules: 3 filed schedules
  • Filing history: 2 filing years from 2014 to 2015
  • Contacts: How to reach this organization
  • Grant readiness: Federal tax and exclusion status, award history, and grant-maker relationships.
  • People: Everyone the filings name, and which of them the filings identify by more than a name.

Key Signals

Signals prioritize questions for review. They are not findings of misconduct.

Grant-readiness screening is separate from the live rating, not a measure of program quality. Review the source records before making a grant decision.

  • High — Sustainability: Operating margin scored 16/100.
  • High — Sustainability: Total-asset coverage ratio scored 15/100.
  • High — Growth: Asset growth scored 0/100.
  • High — Grant Readiness: Automatic revocation: this organization had its federal tax-exempt status automatically revoked.